This is kind of the rub though. To be in a position to extract some real value in the trade down, someone needs to drop who was not expected to drop. This is what creates the incentive to trade up. But if someone unexpectedly drops, why wouldn't the Wings snatch him at 6th. In the TSN 1040 audio they mention LA being interested in Caufield and Colorado interested in a center. This created the inference that Byram (or alternatively Turcotte I guess) could be around at 6. I have zero, and I mean zero, interest in trading down if one of Byram or Turcotte is on the board at 6th. That is where I personally plant my flag.
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This is kind of the rub though. To be in a position to extract some real value in the trade down, someone needs to drop who was not expected to drop. This is what creates the incentive to trade up. But if someone unexpectedly drops, why wouldn't the Wings snatch him at 6th. In the TSN 1040 audio they mention LA being interested in Caufield and Colorado interested in a center. This created the inference that Byram (or alternatively Turcotte I guess) could be around at 6. I have zero, and I mean zero, interest in trading down if one of Byram or Turcotte is on the board at 6th. That is where I personally plant my flag.
Yeah, this would be my assumption the Wings are looking at making some sort of deal with a couple of their 2nd rounders and are willing to sacrifice a few spots at the top of this draft to not be moved to the back of the second.
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Yes, but I think it's still a big risk. I like several options at 6, not nearly as many at 10. Detroit could have 10 picks in the second round, but I'm still more interested in finding a potentially elite player in the first round.
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I'm thinking if they get the 40th from Van they can trade that and 35th for like 20th? 10 and 20th is a lot better than 6th and 35th
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I agree I'm just saying if they were to go that way those could be options to escalate trades. I do not want to have Stevie trade down.
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Yep, this. Only way this is acceptable to me is if the Wings are planning something like 35+40 to sneak back to high teens, low 20s and there is a guy like Seider or Broberg likely to be there. I would be okay with it being a chain that results in us having 10 + 20 + the two later seconds, but just too much risk of anyone really tantalizing being gone by 35 and 40 to have that be the crux of the deal.
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hahaha. We should probably talk about the draft more often. We wouldn't get so annoyed with each other.
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Basically its just below the line of getting a player without at least one major flaw. The centers that are after #5 all seem inconsistent, or likely not to play center at the NHL level, or won't be a top line guy. The defenders after Byram are all boom/bust or long term projects. But hopefully one of Turcotte or Byram falls and we get a steal.
Doesn't Zegras' profile read like both the Red Wings' prototypical pick and one of these skill guys TB targeted under Yzerman? I doubt they will trade down.
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I've been trying to think of any forward that could be "top" for a while but I've got nothingZegras...Him, and Zadina make up the hot ‘ZZ Top’ pairing which then rivals the infamous ‘Hull and Oates’ combo
Ever see a mother robin regurgitate chunks of worm to feed her chicks?
I’m hoping something similar with ‘ZZ Top’
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You mean Zegras feeding Zadina? Yeah that's the dream.Ever see a mother robin regurgitate chunks of worm to feed her chicks?
I’m hoping something similar with ‘ZZ Top’
Nah we need someone named Tom or something. Toffoli would have been perfect. Hmm maybe we could bring back Nyquist and call it ZZ flop
Go with Ras, call it ZZ Slop, because you know, rebounds
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We can draft more Z-named players, but to me there will only every be one true Z.
